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KUA board adopts $260 million budget

Kissimmee Utility Authority on Wednesday approved an operating budget and capital program for fiscal year 2010 that includes no base rate increase, avoids cuts in services and funds reliability enhancements to the utility's infrastructure.

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Yesterday | FOX30Online

Police arrest 26 AIDS activists at Capitol protest

Protesters are under arrest in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol after a demonstration on AIDS July 9, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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Related Topix: US Energy Systems

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Sunoco places 4 on leave after investigation

Sunoco placed four employees on administrative leave and said Thursday that it had notified the Department of Justice of what it called improper conduct during a bidding process with an oil producer.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Sunoco, Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, US News

IBJ.COM

Tidewater board OKs stock buyback up to $200M

Tidewater Inc., which provides water transportation for the petroleum industry, said Thursday its board has authorized it to repurchase up to $200 million in shares of its common stock.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Tidewater, Oil & Gas

TheStreet.com

ConocoPhillips Signs Abu Dhabi Gas Pact

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. has signed a deal with ConocoPhillips to extract natural gas in the Persian Gulf emirate.

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Related Topix: ConocoPhillips, Oil & Gas, World News, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Business News

KWTX

Record Highs Lead To Record Electricity Use In Texas

AUSTIN a 'The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said a record was set Wednesday for electric use as temperatures soared to record highs around the state.

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RTE.ie

US giants tumble out of Fortune 500

The number of US companies featured in the annual Fortune 500 list of top global companies has fallen to its lowest level, the business magazine says.

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Related Topix: Exxon Mobil, Oil & Gas

Globe and Mail

Chretien named as adviser to Ivanhoe Mines

Vanvcouver - Last updated on Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009 11:10AM EDT F ormer prime minister Jean Chrtien has been named as senior international adviser to Ivanhoe Mines IVN-T and its affiliated companies, the Vancouver-based international mineral developer said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Metals, Mining, Ivanhoe Energy, Oil & Gas

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Log Cabin Democrat

Ark. regulators appeal rejection of coal plant

A state licensing commission said Wednesday it is appealing a court ruling rejecting a permit the commission issued for a coal-fired power plant in southwestern Arkansas.

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Related Topix: Hempstead County, AR

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Chesapeake Fined For Arkansas Drilling Fluids Spill

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has fined Chesapeake Energy Corp.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Arkansas Government, Environmental, Waste Management, Chesapeake Energy, Oil & Gas

WisInfo

Wisconsin regulators to consider plans for mega wind farm

MADISON - State regulators are poised to approve a Wisconsin utility's plans for a massive wind farm in southern Minnesota.

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Related Topix: Alliant Energy, Albert Lea, MN

Triangle Business Journal

Progress to build Raleigh solar farm

Progress Energy Carolinas , Southern Energy and NxGen Power will build, own and operate a solar energy farm on city of Raleigh-owned property at the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plan.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Progress Energy, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Miami Herald

NRG Energy turns down Exelon's revised offer

NRG Energy Inc. said Wednesday that it has turned down Exelon Corp.'s revised hostile takeover bid of $8 billion in stock because it undervalues the business.

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Charlotte.com

SC nuclear plant tests 100 emergency sirens

JENKINSVILLE, S.C. South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. is testing the 106 sirens located within 10 miles of its nuclear power plant near Columbia.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Jenkinsville, SC

Tue Jul 07, 2009

KRQE Albuquerque, New Mexico

Xcel begins energy efficiency programs

Xcel Energy has launched a series of efficiency programs to help New Mexico homeowners and businesses save energy and money.

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ArkansasBusiness.com

Beebe, Entergy to Unveil Economic Development Site

Gov. Mike Beebe and Entergy Arkansas officials are unveiling a new Web site that they say will help attract new business prospects to the state.

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KXMA-TV Dickinson

MDU Resources to participate in power line

Bismarck-based MDU Resources Group Inc. says it is joining in the development of a high-voltage power line that would transmit wind energy from the Dakotas to homes in Chicago and other cities.

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Related Topix: MDU Resources Group, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Newsday.com

Conoco says 2Q production rises, but lower crude, gas prices and margins to pressure results

ConocoPhillips , the third-largest U.S. oil company, said Tuesday second-quarter production rose by more than 100,000 barrels from a year ago, but lower crude and natural-gas prices and refining margins are expected to hurt results.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, ConocoPhillips

Domain-B

ONGC in race for stake in Repsol -YPF's Argentinean arm

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India is reported to be vying for a stake in the Argentine unit of Spanish oil major Repsol-YPF. . Spanish newspaper La Gaceta has reported that ONGC and Russian firms are interested in acquiring a stake in the Argentine unit of the Spanish oil major, in which Chinese firms are keen to have a stake.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

KRON-TV San Francisco

No Injuries Reported in Downtown SF Underground Vault Fire

Pacific Gas and Electric crews are investigating an underground fire in a PG&E vault in downtown San Francisco.

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Related Topix: Downtown (San Francisco, CA), Pacific Gas and Electric, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Explosion

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